Trou Noir
La Cumbre Brewing Co.

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From:
La Cumbre Brewing Co.
 
New Mexico, United States
Style:
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
4.12 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 25, 2015
Added:
Nov 17, 2015
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by ONovoMexicano from New Mexico

4.12/5  rDev 0%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Served in a snifter at the brewery.

A- Oatmeal head, frothy and thick. Heavy lacing. Pitch-black body. 5

S- Floral with a good dose of cocoa. A bit one dimensional for me and nothing particularly Belgian. 3.5

T- Here we go. Now it's Belgian. Peppery and floral yeast with a burst of dark fruit (plum especially) and a continued cocoa presence. As it warms, a chocolate-covered raisin flavor develops and damn is it good. Some lingering coffee appears too. 4.25

M- Lightly sweet and creamy up front with an assertive yeast feel imparting some bite. Mid-palate comes a fluffy fullness that gives way to a dryer, bitter exit. 4.25

This beer tastes a bit like Malpais, with the dry, roasted malt, bitterness and the like. It seems they gave it a Belgian twist with pretty splendid results. Awesome.
Nov 25, 2015